Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Address

Ladies and gentlemen of the pressIt beginsAnd then the whole scene devolvesDown the chuteWhere we're headedThe edges of the room are lined with jackalsAnd the front row is hyenasAnd the dais is arrayed with wild dogsAnd in the air over the room is a young gazelleThe discourseContinues in a similar veinMy esteemedEnemies vie on all sidesGazing warily and deployingWhat passes for cunningAnd what falls out of the mouths of great leadersWill land mostly cold and shrunken at the feetAnd would be best stepped overIf one were to hope for the bestIn such situationsAnd so onIn such times of absolute calamityAs well as the calamity of absolutesWe supposeWe striveWe yieldWe collapseAnd under the great weightof all this, of what all this is, of what is thisAnd that is the measure ofThe conclusionFollows naturallyExeunt

WHAT WE DO

NaPoWriMo was founded in 2003, when poet Maureen Thorson decided to take up the challenge (modeled after NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month), and challenged other poets to join her. Since then, the number of participants has gotten larger every year, and many writers’ organizations, local, national and even international, organize NaPoWriMo activities.